Apparatus and method of permanent hair waving



May 8, 1928. 1,668,868

R.l A. PORTA APPARATUS AND METHOD OF yPERMANENT HAIR lWAVING Filed March 21, 1927 I/' man/Wr l ATTORNEY Patented May 8, 1928.l

N UNITEDk `STATi-is- PATENT OFFICE.

` RAPHAEL A. PORTA, OFINEW YORK; N'. Y. up

APPARATUS Nn METHoDeoF PERMANENT HAIR vvAvINef y `Appia-ation med Marcil 21,1924?. serial No. largos.

ing, wherein the moisture and chemical treating members are quickly `put in. place by a Sliding action instead of a winding acl may be, forinstance, twentyeight of these tion. Y ,y y

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is afragmentary view cfa head showing tWo sections of hair with a sachet roll being applied to one sectionI ofhair.

Figure 2 is a top plan view. of a Lpairof squeezing pliers of tlie3invention. ,l .y y

Figure 3 isa sectional view through Fig- `ure 2 on line 3+-3. h v Figurev 4 is a perspective .view of the operating end of the pliers shown in Figure 2, the same beingshown open. i Figure 5 is a perspective view of a sachet roll, embodying certain features of the in;- vention. f

In the art 0f permanent hair waviiiig', the hair must be Wound on rollsor suitable supports of some kind preparatory to applying the chemicals and heat. Sometimes there embodying certain 'features sectinsor rolls `and sometimes as high as forty. Heretofore, after the sections or rolls havebeenmade, ainoistcned pad carrying chemicals, known as a sachet pad, wound around each section or roll of hair and fas-I i tened in place so that little or no vapor can escape from the ends. done, the heat is appliedexteriorly of the sachet pad whereby the moisture will be converted into vapor and cause the chemicals to act on the hair while the air is heated, thus setting the saine into a permanent Wave or condition. Vhere there is a 'large number of these sectionsv or coils of hair to be treated, it has been found that some of the rst sachet pads to be applied will be almost dry when the last are placed in position. When this happens and the same amount of heat is applied to all coils of After this has beenl hair, the resulting Work will not be entirely satisfactory. No eiiicient means has been provided for regulating the amount of iiioisture applied to each pad nor has there .been

4provided any means whereby the pads may beput on quickly sotliat little or no moisture vvill have evaporated before the heat is applied. y In the present invention, means havel been provided for` regulating the amount of moisture on each pad and in ad dition, pads have been reconstructed'to tu? bular form whereby they may be quickly placed in position. u

Referring `to the accompanying drawing by numerals, l indicates a head with `two sections or bunches of hair 2 and 3 extendy ing therefrom, said bunches of hair being Wound into coils or sections 4 on the respec' tive rods or pins 5 and 6.- These rods or pins Lare metal and are of usual construction now incommon use. As indicated in the bottomiof Figure l, thesachet roll 7 `is loosely slid in place over the section 4. After it has been placed in position on section 4, the

`ends areclamped down or tied in any desired manner, said clamping action being of usually involvesa metal clamp with pads for preventing any accidental leakage of moisture to a positionin Contact with the scalp.

the usual kind now in common use which The pads 7 are made in lthe sanie Way that the pads'lieretoforeliave been made, as far `as the material is concerned, but are formed into' tubesinstead of being` Hat, whereby theyfmay beslid into position `instead of rolled and `then tied. It has been the .cus-

tom heretoforeyto use the flat pads and to dip them'in water ,or other liquid iininediatelyl before.A rollingthe saine fon thel hair. After dipping in the liquid, the pads heretofore were pressed by the hand for squeezing out some of the excess moisture. In the present invention, the pad 7, Which is tubular, is dipped in. Water or other liquid in the same manner as heretofore, but as this l substantially none of the vmoisture will have escaped so that the application of heat will cause a uniform action on the hair and, consequently, the resultvis highlyV satisfactory.

The squeezer 8 is provided with handle members 9 and 1() pivo'tally connected together lby a pin 11, which pinris rovided with an extension 12 having a rig t -angle portion 13 merffing into a tubular member 14. The tubuar member `or core 14 is adapted to receive one of "the tubular pads 7 while in the position shown in Figure '4 and then the squeezing plates 15 and 16 are brought over so that the Tarts will assume 'the position shown in Figure 3. The parts are so proportioned that when the edges 17 and 18 meet, a certain delinite squeezing action will be produced. As all 'ol" the pads 7 are 'of the same size, 'this 'squeezing action is always the same. The pads will be placed in position always with the same amount of' moisture and, consequently, desirable uniform results will be secured. It will be noted that the core 14 is provided with a rounded end 19 whereby the pad may be readily slipped in position and then squeezed. The plates 15 and 16, are welded or otherwise 'rigidly secured to arms 20 which'are really extensions ofthe handle members 9 and 10,l which handle members are crossed and clamped together by the pin 11.'

By the present invention, the method of permanent waving is secured first, by preparing the hair in the usual manner so as to present the coil sections 4. A suitable number of tubes 7 are then secured and quickly dipped in wateror other liquid, squeezed by the squeezer '8 and slid into position. Immediately after each pad has been slid into position, the ends are clamped down in the usual manner heretofore well known, though any other form of clamping may 'be used to substantially close the ends of the tubes 7. After all of the tubes 7 have been placed in position, any suitable or usual form of heating member is placed around the same and the heat turned on for the usual length of time and then the parts taken off and the treatmentis completed as a'r as making the permanent wave is concerned. This method and the structures for Securing the same, cause a uick action after Vthe Sections 4 have been built up so that the results are' better than by the method heretotore used because of the quickness with which 'tire lpads 7 may be placed in position. This quickness results in having the same amount ot' moisture in each 'section 4 and this equal amount of moisture in turn results in a uniform action on all of the hair.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus used inpermanent hair waving, comprising a pair of squeezing plates, a holding core, and means for actuating said squeezing plates.

2. A squeezer for permanent waving pads, comprising a foraminous core, a pair of squeezing plates operatively associated with vthe core, and pivotally mounted means for actuating said squeezing plates. Y

3. A lsqueezer, comprising a pair of arc shaped plates, a pair of pivotally mounted handles for supporting said' plates for moving the plates toward and from each other, a foram'inous core,` and means extending from the core for supporting the core, said means being operative y pintles of said handles. y

4. AV squeezer for squeezing tubular pads used in permanent hair waving, comprising a foraminous core for receiving said tubular pads, a pair of squeezing lates positioned to surround said pads and press the same against ysaid 'core when Vthe yplates are closed, means for pivotally connecting said plates together, said means including'fa pivotal pin having an extension acting as a support for said core, and means for causing said plates to function. 5. In a tube squeezing device, a foraminous core, a pair of arc-shaped squeezing plates, and `means for moving said plates toward and from each other in such a manner that whenthe plates are in contact said core will be positioned centrally thereof.

RAPHAEL A. poura.

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